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diff --git a/doc/FindExec.3 b/doc/FindExec.3 index 3e54acd..b01315c 100644 --- a/doc/FindExec.3 +++ b/doc/FindExec.3 @@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FindExec.3,v 1.5 2001/09/28 17:07:54 msofer Exp $ -'\" -.so man.macros .TH Tcl_FindExecutable 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.so man.macros .BS .SH NAME Tcl_FindExecutable, Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable \- identify or return the name of the binary file containing the application @@ -18,10 +16,10 @@ Tcl_FindExecutable, Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable \- identify or return the name of th void \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR(\fIargv0\fR) .sp -CONST char * +const char * \fBTcl_GetNameOfExecutable\fR() .SH ARGUMENTS -.AS char *argv0 in +.AS char *argv0 .AP char *argv0 in The first command-line argument to the program, which gives the application's name. @@ -47,6 +45,13 @@ application's executable, if possible. If it fails to find the binary, then future calls to \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR will return an empty string. .PP +On Windows platforms this procedure is typically invoked as the very +first thing in the application's main program as well; Its \fIargv[0]\fR +argument is only used to indicate whether the executable has a stderr +channel (any non-null value) or not (the value null). If \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR +is never called and no debugger is running, this determines whether +the panic message is sent to stderr or to a standard system dialog. +.PP \fBTcl_GetNameOfExecutable\fR simply returns a pointer to the internal full path name of the executable file as computed by \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR. This procedure call is the C API |